Pirc Defense: Roscher Gambit

An entry in the Encyclopedia of Chess Openings (ECO B00), reached after 5 half-moves: 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nf3.

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About this opening

Pirc Defense: Roscher Gambit is an opening in the Encyclopedia of Chess Openings, classified under code B00. ECO group B (B00–B99) covers semi-open games (1.e4 with Black playing anything other than 1…e5), with the Sicilian, French, Caro-Kann and Pirc/Modern at its heart. This particular variation is reached after 5 half-moves from the starting position, with the move sequence 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nf3.

It belongs to the Pirc Defense family. Within that family this is a sub-variation (the Roscher Gambit line).

The opening sequence in prose form: 1.e4 d6, 2.d4 Nf6, 3.Nf3. From this position the encyclopaedia records no further canonical continuations — practical play branches into unnamed transpositions or returns to the parent line for alternative ideas.